Rubric for Technology Fair Technology:
Indicator Awesome
General Critique Provides thorough
of Selected information about the
Technology technology, what it does,
how it works, the
possibilities, and the
drawbacks for an educational
setting in a thoughtful and
well-written manner.
25 Points
Connections with Provides well-thought and
Teaching for appropriate connections to
Understanding the Teaching for
Framework Understanding framework,
leveraging the framework to
describe the uses,
possibilities, and drawbacks
of the technology.
15 Points
Connections with Provides well-thought and
Universal Design appropriate connections to
for Learning the Universal Design for
Framework Learning framework,
leveraging the framework to
describe the uses,
possibilities, and drawbacks
of the technology.
15 Points
Good
Provides some information
about the technology, what it
does, how it works, the
possibilities, and the
drawbacks for an educational
setting.
14 Points
Provides some connections
to the Teaching for
Understanding framework to
describe some uses and
possibilities and drawbacks
of the technology.
9 Points
Provides some connections
to the Universal Design for
Learning framework to
describe some uses and
possibilities and drawbacks
of the technology.
9 Points
Could Be Better Points
Provides little or non-
informative information
about the technology.
6 Points /25
Provides little or
inappropriate connections to
the Teaching for
Understanding framework.
3 Points /15
Provides little or
inappropriate connections to
the Universal Design for
Learning framework.
3 Points /15
Indicator Awesome
Connections with Provides well-thought and
Media Literacy appropriate connections to
Skills Framework the Media Literacy Skills
framework, leveraging the
framework to describe the
uses, possibilities, and
drawbacks of the technology.
15 Points
Reference to Provides thoughtful and
Readings appropriate references to
course readings that
highlight and support claims
made about the strengths and
limits of the technology in
the classroom.
10 Points
Visual Display Visual display is well-
organized and appealing and
clearly highlights the
educational uses of the
technology as well as
provides background on its
shortcomings.
15 Points
Good Could Be Better Points
Provides some connections Provides little or
to the Media Literacy Skills inappropriate connections to
framework to describe some the Media Literacy Skills
uses and possibilities and framework.
drawbacks of the technology.
9 Points 3 Points /15
Provides some appropriate Provides few or
references to course readings inappropriate references to
that highlight the strengths course readings.
and limits of the technology
in the classroom.
5 Points 1 Point /10
Visual display is fairly Visual display fails to
organized and appealing and highlight the educational
highlights the educational uses of the technology.
uses of the technology as
well as provides some
background on its
shortcomings.
9 Points 3 Points /15
Institutional Sophisticated and thorough
Access Factors information about the
institutional access level of
the technology, including
cost, required technical
specifications, and the
necessary level of expertise
to use the technology.
20 Points
Use of the Wiki Provides thorough textual
information and further
detail about the technology
that is not represented in the
visual display, uses photos,
images, and/or videos
effectively, and provides
links for further information.
20 Points
Overall Presentation of materials and
Presentation technology is thorough,
thoughtful, and well-
organized, and the student is
able to engage in dialogue
about the technologies
presented above and beyond
the material presentation.
15 Points
FEEDBACK, COMMENTS, AND QUESTIONS:
Information about the Little information about the
institutional access level of institutional access.
the technology, including
cost, required technical
specifications, and the
necessary level of expertise
to use the technology.
15 Points 5 Points /20
Provides textual information Provides little or
about the technology, uses inappropriate information.
photos, images, and/or
videos, and provides links
for further information.
15 Points 5 Points /20
Presentation of materials and Presentation of materials and
technology is fairly thorough technology is neither
and organized, and the thorough nor organized, and
student is able to engage in the student is not able to
dialogue about the engage in dialogue about the
technologies presented to technologies presented.
clarify points made in the
material presentation.
9 Points 3 Points /15
/150